US8586967B2 - High efficiency organic photovoltaic cells employing hybridized mixed-planar heterojunctions - Google Patents

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US8586967B2
US8586967B2 US10/910,371 US91037104A US8586967B2 US 8586967 B2 US8586967 B2 US 8586967B2 US 91037104 A US91037104 A US 91037104A US 8586967 B2 US8586967 B2 US 8586967B2
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  • the claimed invention was made by, on behalf of, and/or in connection with one or more of the following parties to a joint university corporation research agreement: Regents of the University of Michigan, Princeton University, University of Southern California, Global Photonic Energy Corporation, and the Universal Display Corporation. The agreement was in effect on and before the date the claimed invention was made, and the claimed invention was made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of the agreement.
  • the present invention relates to efficient organic photosensitive devices.
  • Opto-electronic devices that make use of organic materials are becoming increasingly desirable for a number of reasons. Many of the materials used to make such devices are relatively inexpensive, so organic opto-electronic devices have the potential for cost advantages over inorganic devices. In addition, the inherent properties of organic materials, such as their flexibility, may make them well suited for particular applications such as fabrication on a flexible substrate. Examples of organic opto-electronic devices include organic light emitting devices (OLEDs), organic transistors/phototransistors, organic photovoltaic cells, and organic photodetectors. For OLEDs, the organic materials may have performance advantages over conventional (i.e., inorganic) materials. For example, the wavelength at which an organic emissive layer emits light may generally be readily tuned with appropriate dopants. For organic transistors/phototransistors, the substrates upon which they are constructed may be flexible, providing for broader applications in industry and commerce.
  • organic includes polymeric materials as well as small molecule organic materials that may be used to fabricate organic devices including opto-electronic devices.
  • Small molecule refers to any organic material that is not a polymer, and “small molecules” may actually be quite large. Small molecules may include repeat units in some circumstances. For example, using a long chain alkyl group as a substituent does not remove a molecule from the “small molecule” class. Small molecules may also be incorporated into polymers, for example as a pendent group on a polymer backbone or as a part of the backbone. Small molecules may also serve as the core moiety of a dendrimer, which consists of a series of chemical shells built on the core moiety. Small molecules generally have a well defined molecular weight, whereas polymers generally do not have a well defined molecular weight.
  • the “fill factor” (FF) of a solar cell is P max /(Jsc*Voc), where P max is the maximum power of the solar cell, determined by finding the point on the I-V curve for which the product of the current and voltage is a maximum.
  • a high FF is an indication of how “square” the I-V curve for a solar cell appears.
  • Optoelectronic devices rely on the optical and electronic properties of materials to either produce or detect electromagnetic radiation electronically or to generate electricity from ambient electromagnetic radiation.
  • Photosensitive optoelectronic devices convert electromagnetic radiation into electricity.
  • Photovoltaic (PV) devices or solar cells which are a type of photosensitive optoelectronic device, are specifically used to generate electrical power.
  • PV devices which may generate electrical power from light sources other than sunlight, are used to drive power consuming loads to provide, for example, lighting, heating, or to operate electronic equipment such as computers or remote monitoring or communications equipment. These power generation applications also often involve the charging of batteries or other energy storage devices so that equipment operation may continue when direct illumination from the sun or other ambient light sources is not available.
  • resistive load refers to any power consuming or storing device, equipment, or system.
  • a photosensitive optoelectronic device is a photoconductor cell. In this function, signal detection circuitry monitors the resistance of the device to detect changes due to the absorption of light.
  • Another type of photosensitive optoelectronic device is a photodetector. In operation a photodetector has a voltage applied and a current detecting circuit measures the current generated when the photodetector is exposed to electromagnetic radiation.
  • a detecting circuit as described herein is capable of providing a bias voltage to a photodetector and measuring the electronic response of the photodetector to ambient electromagnetic radiation.
  • photosensitive optoelectronic devices may be characterized according to whether a rectifying junction as defined below is present and also according to whether the device is operated with an external applied voltage, also known as a bias or bias voltage.
  • a photoconductor cell does not have a rectifying junction and is normally operated with a bias.
  • a PV device has at least one rectifying junction and is operated with no bias.
  • a photodetector has at least one rectifying junction and is usually but not always operated with a bias.
  • a device having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive region disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.
  • the photoactive region includes a first organic layer comprising a mixture of an organic acceptor material and an organic donor material, wherein the first organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.8 characteristic charge transport lengths, and a second organic layer in direct contact with the first organic layer, wherein: the second organic layer comprises an unmixed layer of the organic acceptor material or the organic donor material of the first organic layer, and the second organic layer has a thickness not less than about 0.1 optical absorption lengths.
  • the first organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.3 characteristic charge transport lengths.
  • the second organic layer has a thickness of not less than about 0.2 optical absorption lengths.
  • Embodiments of the invention can be capable of power efficiencies of 2% or greater, and preferably 5% or greater.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an organic photovoltaic cell in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of another organic photovoltaic cell in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of yet another organic photovoltaic cell in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a method of making an organic photovoltaic cell in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 5 shows FIG. 5 shows an energy level diagram of a device.
  • FIG. 6 shows J-V characteristics of a hybrid device
  • FIG. 7 shows additional photovoltaic characteristics of the device described with reference to FIG. 6 .
  • FIG. 8 shows absorption spectra of CuPc:C 60 films with various mixture ratios, deposited on ITO.
  • FIG. 9 shows normalized photocurrent—voltage characteristics under various light intensities for the devices described with respect to FIG. 6 .
  • FIG. 10 shows the current density vs voltage (J-V) characteristics in the dark for a planar HJ device and a hybrid HJ device.
  • FIG. 13 shows experimental J-V characteristics at various P O for a hybrid device with a mixed layer thickness of 200 ⁇ .
  • FIG. 14 shows absorption spectra of a planar HJ device and a hybrid HJ device with a mixed layer thickness of 200 ⁇ .
  • FIG. 15 shows the illumination intensity dependences of ⁇ P , FF, and V OC for hybrid HJ devices and a planar HJ device.
  • FIG. 16 shows X-ray diffraction results for homogeneous and mixed CuPc and C 60 films.
  • Organic photovoltaic (PV) cells have attracted considerable attention due to their potential for low cost solar or ambient energy conversion. Early results, with an organic PV cell based on a single donor-acceptor (D-A) heterojunction, resulted in a 1%-efficient thin-film. See C. W. Tang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 48, 183 (1986). The power conversion efficiency, ⁇ P , has steadily improved since then through the use of new materials and device structures. See P. Peumans et al., J. Appl. Phys. 93, 3693 (2003); A. Yakimov and S. R. Forrest, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 1667 (2002); P. Peumans and S. R.
  • these single heterojunction devices are limited in that the “active region” of the device, i.e. the region in which absorbed photons may contribute to photocurrent, is limited to the region from which excitons excited by photons photons can diffuse with a reasonable probability to the single heterojunction.
  • Donor (D)—acceptor (A) bulk heterojunctions may be used to improve the efficiencies of both polymer and small molecule-based photovoltaic (PV) cells.
  • ⁇ EQE external quantum efficiency
  • ⁇ p power conversion efficiency
  • Such a BHJ can consist of a blended thin film of a donor-like phthalocyanine (Pc) and the acceptor-like C 60 .
  • FIG. 1 a schematic diagram of an organic photovoltaic cell 100 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • Device 100 may include a first electrode 102 , a first organic layer 106 , a second organic layer 108 , a third organic layer 114 , and a second electrode 104 , disposed in that order over a substrate.
  • First organic layer 106 comprises a mixture of an organic acceptor material and an organic donor material.
  • Second organic layer 108 comprises the organic acceptor material of first organic layer 106 , but does not include the donor material of first organic layer 106 .
  • Second organic layer 108 has a thickness of between about 0.5 exciton diffusion length and about 10 exciton diffusion lengths.
  • organic layer 108 has a thickness of about 1 to 10 exciton diffusion lengths.
  • first organic layer 106 acts a bulk heterojunction, in which photogenerated excitons may dissociate into electrons and holes.
  • Second organic layer 108 may be photoactive in the sense that it absorbs photons to produce excitons that may later contribute to photocurrent, but these excitons may first diffuse to the heterojunction of first organic layer 106 .
  • Third organic layer 114 comprises an exciton blocking layer, comprised of materials selected to prevent excitons from exiting second organic layer 108 into third organic layer 114 .
  • Third organic layer 114 may be referred to as a non-photoactive organic layer, because it may not be responsible for absorbing photons that contribute significantly to photocurrent.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of another organic photovoltaic cell 200 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • Device 200 may include a first electrode 202 , a first organic layer 206 , a second organic layer 208 , and a second electrode 204 , disposed in that order over a substrate.
  • First organic layer 206 comprises a mixture of an organic acceptor material and an organic donor material.
  • Second organic layer 208 comprises the organic donor material of first organic layer 206 , but does not include the acceptor material of first organic layer 206 .
  • Second organic layer 208 has a thickness of between about 0 . 5 exciton diffusion length and about 10 exciton diffusion lengths, and preferably between about 1 and 10 exciton diffusion lengths.
  • first organic layer 206 acts a bulk heterojunction, in which photogenerated excitons may dissociate into electrons and holes.
  • Second organic layer 208 may be photoactive in the sense that it absorbs photons to produce excitons that may later contribute to photocurrent, but these excitons may first diffuse to the heterojunction of first organic layer 206 .
  • Third organic layer 214 comprises an exciton blocking layer, comprised of materials selected to prevent excitons from exiting second organic layer 208 into third organic layer 214 .
  • the mixture of the organic acceptor material and the organic donor material in a mixed organic layer may occur in a ratio ranging from about 10:1 to about 1:10 by weight, respectively.
  • an organic layer including a mixture of acceptor and donor materials such as first organic layer 106
  • an organic layer that includes only an acceptor material or a donor material such as second organic layer 108 or 208
  • an organic layer including a mixture of acceptor and donor materials such as first organic layer 106 or 206
  • an organic layer that includes only an acceptor material or a donor material such as second organic layer 108 or 208
  • a layer that has a lower percentage of contribution to energy and/or absorption may not be considered as significantly participating as a part of the photoactive region of the device.
  • the organic acceptor material may be selected from a group consisting of: fullerenes; perylenes; catacondensed conjugated molecular systems such as linear polyacenes (including anthracene, napthalene, tetracene, and pentacene), pyrene, coronene, and functionalized variants thereof.
  • the organic donor material may be selected from a group consisting of: metal containing porphyrins, metal-free porphyrins, rubrene, metal containing phthalocyanines, metal-free phthalocyanines, diamines (such as NPD), and functionalized variants thereof, including naphthalocyanines.
  • the first organic layer 206 may consist essentially of a mixture of CuPc and C 60 .
  • the photoactive device 100 , 200 may further comprise a third organic layer 114 , 214 that may be disposed between the second electrode 104 , 204 and the second organic layer 108 , 208 , and may be a non-photoactive layer.
  • third organic layer 114 , 214 may comprise 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthrolin (BCP).
  • BCP 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthrolin
  • the third organic layer 114 , 214 may be an exciton blocking layer.
  • the first electrode 102 , 202 may be comprised of indium tin oxide or other conductive oxide.
  • the second electrode 104 , 204 may be comprised of Ag, LiF/Al, Mg:Ag, Ca/Al, and other metals. Other material selections may be used.
  • the “unmixed” layer may include very small amounts of the opposite material as an impurity.
  • a material may be considered as an impurity if the concentration is significantly lower than the amount needed for percolation in the layer, i.e., less than about 5% by weight.
  • any impurity is present in a much lower amount, such as less than 1% by weight or most preferably less than about 0.1% by weight.
  • some impurities of the materials in immediately adjacent layers be unavoidable.
  • blocking layers are transparent to the wavelengths of light absorbed by the photoactive region.
  • Blocking layers preferably readily accept injection of and conduct the type of charge carrier that may be traveling through them—for example, a blocking layer disposed on the acceptor side of a photoactive region, disposed between the acceptor material and an electrode, should readily accept injection of electrons from the acceptor, and should readily conduct electrons.
  • a layer is described as “photoactive” if photons absorbed by that layer make a significant contribution to the photocurrent of the device.
  • a device may have a photoactive region comprising several photoactive layers.
  • the photoactive region comprises a plurality of photoactive layers, including a layer that is a mixture of acceptor and donor materials, as well as a layer that includes only an acceptor or a donor material, but not both (although impurities may be present as discussed above).
  • a device that combines a mixed photoactive layer with one or more unmixed photoactives layer may be referred to as a hybrid device, because it combines favorable properties of planar HJ devices (a D-A interface with no mixed layer), with favorable properties of a mixed layer device (a mixed D-A layer with no unmixed A or D layer, or only minimal unmixed layers of the A and D materials).
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of yet another organic photovoltaic cell 300 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • Device 300 may include a first electrode 302 , a third organic layer 310 , a first organic layer 306 , a second organic layer 308 , a fourth organic layer 314 , and a second electrode 304 , disposed in that order over a substrate.
  • First organic layer 306 comprises a mixture of an organic acceptor material and an organic donor material.
  • Second organic layer 308 comprises the organic acceptor material of first organic layer 306 , but does not include the donor material of first organic layer 306 .
  • Second organic layer 308 has a thickness of between about 0.5 exciton diffusion length and about 10 exciton diffusion lengths, and preferably between about 1 and 10 exciton diffusion lengths.
  • Third organic layer 310 comprises the organic donor material of first organic layer 306 , but does not include the acceptor material of first organic layer 306 .
  • Third organic layer 310 has a thickness of between about 0.5 exciton diffusion length and about 10 exciton diffusion lengths, and preferably between about 1 and 10 exciton diffusion lengths.
  • first organic layer 306 acts as a bulk heterojunction, in which photogenerated excitons may dissociate into electrons and holes.
  • Second organic layer 308 and third organic layer 310 may be photoactive in the sense that they absorbs photons to produce excitons that may later contribute to photocurrent, but these excitons may first diffuse to the heterojunction of first organic layer 306 .
  • Fourth organic layer 314 comprises an exciton blocking layer, comprised of materials selected to prevent excitons from exiting second organic layer 308 into third organic layer 314 .
  • Fourth organic layer 314 may be referred to as a non-photoactive organic layer, because it may not be responsible for absorbing photons that contribute significantly to photocurrent.
  • Preferred parameters for the embodiment of FIG. 3 such as layer thicknesses, material selections, proportions of materials in first organic layer 306 (the mixed layer), relative amounts of incident energy absorbed, and relative amount of total energy output, are similar to those for FIGS. 1 and 2 .
  • an organic layer that includes a mixture of an acceptor and a donor material (such as layers 106 , 206 , and 306 ), and at least one layer that includes only the donor or acceptor material from the mixed layer (such as layers 108 , 208 , 308 and 310 ).
  • an exciton may be created. The exciton may then dissociate and contribute to photocurrent if it is able to reach an appropriately designed hetero-junction.
  • a layer that includes a mixture of acceptor and donor material provides a bulk heterojunction, such that there is favorably a large volume over which such dissociation may occur.
  • Such a layer may have lower conductivity than an unmixed layer, and lower conductivity is undesirable. Conductivity issues are aggravated by thicker layers, so there is a limit on the thickness that such a mixed layer may have if a reasonable conductivity is desired.
  • a layer that includes only an acceptor or a donor may favorably have a higher conductivity than a mixed layer.
  • there is no heterojunction in such a layer such that excitons formed by the absorption of a photon need to travel to a heterojunction in order to efficiently dissociate.
  • there is also a limit on the useful thickness of unmixed layers in a solar cell but the limit may be related more to the diffusion length of excitons as opposed to conductivity issues.
  • a thick photoactive region is desirable, because a thicker photoactive layer may absorb more photons that may contribute to photocurrent than a thinner photoactive layer.
  • Various embodiments of the invention provide a device that combines the favorable properties of a device having a bulk heterojunction (such as mixed layer 106 , 206 or 306 ), but no unmixed layer, with the favorable properties of a device that does not have a bulk heterojunction—i.e., a device having a pure acceptor layer that forms a planar junction with a pure donor layer.
  • the mixed and the unmixed layers are each a part of the photoactive region, such that the thicknesses add for purposes of absorbing more photons.
  • Greater thicknesses of layers that contribute to photocurrent may therefore be achieved than with a device where the photoactive region includes only a mixed layer or only unmixed layers, or where most of the thickness is due to only a mixed layer or only unmixed layers. Or, a device with a lower resistance for a given thickness of the photoactive region may be achieved.
  • a layer or layers that include only a single acceptor or donor material, but not a mixture of the two, such as layers 108 , 208 , 308 and 310 may be selected to have high conductivity, while being able to contribute to the photocurrent.
  • Excitons that are formed by a photon absorbed in such a layer must diffuse to a heterojunction in order to contribute to photocurrent.
  • a thickness for such a layer that is about 0.5 exciton diffusion lengths to about 10 exciton diffusion lengths is preferred, and more preferably about 1 to 10 exciton diffusion lengths.
  • any additional thickness may not make a significant contribution to photocurrent, because photons absorbed too far from a heterojunction are unable to reach a heterojunction.
  • optical absorption length is the length in which incident light intensity is reduced to (1/e), or about 37%.
  • Typical absorption lengths for organic photoactive materials are in the range 500-1000 ⁇ .
  • the optical absorption length is 500 ⁇ for wavelengths in the range 500 nm-700 nm.
  • the optical absorption length is 1000 ⁇ for a wavelength of 450 nm.
  • the layer thickness should be at least a significant fraction of an absorption length.
  • the thickness of a photoactive layer is not less than about 0.1 absorption lengths, and more preferably is not less than about 0.2 absorption lengths.
  • the layer may not make a significant contribution to photocurrent.
  • a layer than includes a mixture of acceptor and donor materials such as layers 106 , 206 and 306 , include 10% or more of an acceptor material and 10% or more of a donor material. It is believed that 10% is the lower limit at which there is enough material for percolation. Percolation is desirable in both the acceptor and donor materials, because it allows photogenerated electrons and holes that result from dissociation anywhere in the mixed layer to reach the appropriate electrodes by traveling through the acceptor and donor, respectively, without traveling through the opposite (donor or acceptor) layer.
  • the unmixed layers in the photoactive region comprise one of the materials that is present in the mixed layer, to avoid any HOMO/LUMO mismatch for charge carriers that are percolating through the mixed layer and reach an unmixed layer.
  • the CuPc:C 60 mixed layer shows a large ⁇ p comparable to optimized bilayer devices employing the same materials, contrary to CuPc: 3,4,9,10-peryrenetetracarboxylic bis-benzimidazole mixed layer devices that required annealing and phase separation to improve efficiency. See, Peumans et al., Nature, 425, 158 (2003). Indeed, following a similar annealing procedure for CuPc:C 60 mixed layer cells results in a significant reduction in ⁇ p . This suggests that a mixed CuPc:C 60 system may undergo phase separation during the deposition process itself, such that the mixed layer is a percolating network of both materials, provided that the concentrations of both materials is above the percolation threshold.
  • Unmixed organic donor-acceptor heterojunctions may be used to provide efficient photo-generation of charge carriers upon absorption of incident light.
  • the efficiency of this type of cell may be limited by the poor ability of excitons (i.e., bound electron-hole pairs) to diffuse to the donor-acceptor interface.
  • a mixed layer i.e., a donor-acceptor mixture, may be used to alleviate this problem by creating a spatially distributed donor-acceptor interface that is accessible to every photogenerated exciton generated in the mixed layer.
  • charge mobility may be significantly reduced in a mixture as compared to a homogeneous film, recombination of photogenerated holes and electrons is more likely to happen in a mixture, leading to incomplete collection of charge carriers.
  • a preferred microstructure for a molecular donor-acceptor mixture is provided.
  • a mixed layer having the preferred microstructure may be used in photosensitive devices that either have or do not have one or more unmixed photoactive layers.
  • An example of the preferred microstructure is described with respect to a mixture of CuPc and C 60 , although other donor and acceptor materials may be used.
  • the preferred microstructure includes percolating paths for hole and electron transport through the mixed donor-acceptor layer, with each path only one or a few molecules wide. Preferably, the width of the path is 5 molecules wide or less, and more preferably 3 molecules wide or less. Photogenerated charges may be efficiently transported along such paths to their respective electrodes without significant recombination with their countercharges.
  • the interpenetrating network of donor and acceptor materials forms a nanostructured, spatially distributed donor-acceptor interface for efficient exciton diffusion and subsequent dissociation.
  • the preferred microstructure was demonstrated in a CuPc:C 60 mixture, 1:1 ratio by weight, prepared by vacuum thermal evaporation.
  • the charge transport length i.e., the mean distance that charges travel before recombination with their counter charges, when no bias was applied, was about 40 nm, on the same order of the optical absorption length. It is believed that no pure donor or acceptor domains exist in the CuPc mixture. The lack of such pure domains is preferred.
  • the tendency of CuPc aggregation was, reduced by increasing the content of C 60 in the layer.
  • X-ray diffraction was performed to study the crystal structure of homogeneous and mixed CuPc and C 60 films, as shown in FIG. 16 . It was found that a homogeneous CuPc film is polycrystalline, while a homogeneous C 60 film is amorphous. A mixed CuPc:C 60 film, 1:1 ratio by weight, is also amorphous, indicating that no significant phase separation occurs.
  • no significant phase separation it is meant that there is no aggregation measurable by presently available measurement techniques. The most sensitive of these techniques at the present time is believed to be measurement with a synchrotron x-ray source (e.g., Brookhaven), which is capable of measuring aggregates 5 molecules wide and up. Note that these definitions of “no significant phase separation” and “aggregation” does not exclude the possibility of interpercolating strings of molecules that may be many molecules long.
  • Optical absorption spectra were measured for mixed CuPc:C 60 films with different mixing ratios, as shown in FIG. 8 . From the dependence of the relative intensities of the two CuPc absorption peaks (around 620 nm and 690 nm) on the mixing ratio, it was found that CuPc molecules show a reduced tendency to aggregate with increasing C 60 content.
  • Organic photovoltaic cells with a mixed CuPc:C 60 layer sandwiched between homogeneous CuPc and C 60 layers were fabricated, to form a hybrid planar-mixed heterojunction photovoltaic cell, and tested under simulated AM1.5G solar illumination.
  • the photoactive region of the cell had 15 nm CuPc/10 run CuPc:C 60 (1:1 ratio by weight)/35 nm C 60 .
  • the cell had a photocurrent as high as a cell having a single 33 nm thick mixed photoactive layer, and a charge collection efficiency as high as a cell without a mixed layer (i.e., a planar heterojunction cell).
  • a maximum power conversion efficiency of 5.0% under 1 to 4 suns simulated AM1.5G solar illumination was obtained, compared to 3.5% for the mixed layer cell under 1 to 4 suns (3.6% under 1 sun), and 4.2% under 4 to 12 suns for the planar heterojunction cell.
  • Fitting the current-voltage characteristics of the hybrid planar-mixed heterojunction cells under illumination using a model based on the charge transport length a charge transport length of 40 nm was obtained for the cells under short-circuit conditions (as shown in FIG. 13 ), which is on the same order of magnitude as the optical absorption length.
  • a CuPc:PTCBI (3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxyloc bis-benzimidazole) mixed layer has a charge transport length estimated at less than 5-10 nm, for comparison.
  • dopants may be added to the various organic layers in order to increase conductivity and/or to modify the light absorption characteristics of the doped organic layer to advantageously impact device or layer performance.
  • FIGS. 1-3 are exemplary only, and that other embodiments may be used in accordance with the present invention. Any photovoltaic cell having both a mixed organic layer that includes both an acceptor material and a donor material, as well as an adjacent layer that includes only an acceptor material or a donor material, where both the mixed layer and the unmixed layer contribute significantly to photocurrent, would be within the scope of embodiments of the invention.
  • the order of the layers illustrated in FIGS. 1-3 may be altered. For example, in FIGS.
  • the positions of the photoactive layers i.e., first organic layer 106 (or 206 ) and second organic layer 108 (or 208 ) may be switched, with appropriate repositioning of blocking layers, etc.
  • Additional layers may or may not also be present, such as blocking layers, charge recombination layers, etc.
  • blocking layers may be removed, i.e., third organic layer 114 or fourth organic layer 314 , and/or additional blocking layers may be present (such as a blocking layer between first organic layer 106 and underlying first electrode 104 ).
  • Various solar cell configurations may be used, such as tandem solar cells. Different materials than those specifically described may be used.
  • a device where all of the electrodes are ITO may be fabricated such that the device may be transparent to some degree.
  • the device could be fabricated onto a substrate, and then applied to a supporting surface, such that the last electrode deposited is closest to the supporting surface.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a method of making an organic photovoltaic cell in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • the method begins at step 400 .
  • a first organic layer may be deposited over a first electrode.
  • the first organic layer may be a mixed layer, including both an organic acceptor material and an organic donor material.
  • a second organic layer over may be deposited over the first organic layer.
  • the second organic layer maybe an unmixed layer, including either the organic acceptor material or the organic donor material of the first organic layer, but not both.
  • the organic layers may be deposited by any suitable method, including thermal evaporation (or coevaporation for multiple materials) and OVPD.
  • a second electrode may be deposited over the second organic layer. The method may end at step 408 .
  • an efficient organic solar cell with a vacuum co-deposited donor-acceptor copper phthalocyanine (CuPc):C 60 mixed layer is provided.
  • the device had a series resistance of only R S 0.25 ⁇ cm2, resulting in a current density of ⁇ 1 A/cm 2 at a forward bias of +1 V, and a rectification ratio of 10 6 at ⁇ 1 V.
  • an efficient solar cell is provided.
  • a device is provided with the structure: indium-tin-oxide/150 ⁇ CuPc/100 ⁇ CuPc:C 60 (1:1 by weight)/350 ⁇ C 60 /100 ⁇ bathocuproine/1000 ⁇ Ag.
  • This photovoltaic cell exhibited a maximum power conversion efficiency of (5.0 ⁇ 0.2)% under 1 to 4 suns of simulated AM1.5G solar illumination.
  • embodiments of the invention are higher than any other previously achieved for organic solar cells. These surprising results are due to interactions between several features of embodiment of the invention, including the use of an unmixed organic photoactive layer in connection with a mixed organic photoactive layer, with thicknesses selected with efficiency in mind. Embodiments of the invention are capable of power efficiencies of 2%, 3.5%, or 5%, or greater. It is expected that with refinement and optimization of devices consistent with embodiments of the invention, even higher power efficiencies may be achieved.
  • the characteristic charge transport length L which can be considered as the average distance an electron or a hole travels in the mixed layer under an electric field before being recombined. If the thickness of the mixed layer is too great, many of the charge carriers will recombine as opposed to generating photocurrent. Selecting the thickness of the mixed layer is therefore a tradeoff among several factors, including the desire for a thick layer to increase absorption, and the desire for a thin layer to avoid recombination. It is preferred that the thickness of the mixed layer be not greater than about 0.8 characteristic charge transport lengths, and more preferably not greater than about 0.3 characteristic charge transport lengths.
  • the characteristic charge transport length of the mixed layer is about 45 nm. Excellent efficiencies were obtained for devices having mixed layer thicknesses of 330 ⁇ and 100 ⁇ .
  • a device disclosed in FIG. 1 of Hiromoto, Three - layered organic solar cell with a photoactive interlayer of codeposited pigments, Appl. Phys. Lett. 58 (10) (1991) has a mixed layer with a characteristic charge transport length of about 40 nm, and the layer thickness is about 1 characteristic charge transport length. As a result, recombination in the mixed layer of that device may account in part for the low device efficiency.
  • Both J SC and ⁇ p are further improved with the addition of a thin (100 ⁇ ) C 60 layer between the CuPc:C 60 and BCP layers. It is believed that, by displacing the active region further from the reflective metal cathode, the additional C 60 layer results in an increased optical field at the D-A interface. See, Peumans et al., J. Appl. Phys., 93, 3693 (2003).
  • Photovoltaic devices were fabricated on 1300 ⁇ thick layers of indium tin oxide (ITO) precoated onto glass substrates. The solution cleaned ITO surface was exposed to ultraviolet/O 3 prior to deposition.
  • the organic source materials: CuPc,C 60 and 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BCP) are purified by thermal gradient sublimation, also prior to use, as described in Forrest, Chem Rev., 97, 1793 (1997). All organic materials were thermally evaporated in high vacuum ( ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 Torr) using quartz crystal monitors to determine film thickness and deposition rate. The mixture ratio of CuPc to C 60 based on the wt % measured using the thickness monitor is fixed at 1:1, unless otherwise noted.
  • the Ag cathodes were evaporated through a metal shadow mask with 1 mm diameter openings.
  • the current density—voltage (J-V) characteristics were measured in the dark and under illumination of AM1.5G simulated solar spectrum from a filtered Xe arc lamp source. Illumination intensities were measured using a calibrated power meter.
  • FIG. 5 shows an energy level diagram of the device.
  • a homogeneous D:A mixed film allows for both electron and hole transport to the contacts, in addition to efficient exciton dissociation.
  • By deposition of a Ag cathode on BCP defect states are created that transport electrons efficiently from C 60 to the metal cathode, while effectively blocking hole and exciton transport.
  • the CuPc:C 60 mixed layer was deposited directly onto the pre-cleaned ITO surface.
  • FIG. 6 shows J-V characteristics of a hybrid device with a structure of ITO/330 ⁇ CuPc:C 60 /100 ⁇ C 60 /75 ⁇ BCP/Ag, in the dark and under various illumination intensities of AM1.5G simulated solar spectrum. Specifically, J-V characteristics are provided for in the dark, and at light intensities of 0.01 suns, 0.03 suns, 0.08 suns, 0.3 suns, 0.9 suns, and 2.4 suns.
  • FIG. 7 shows additional photovoltaic characteristics of the device described with reference to FIG. 6 .
  • J SC linearly increases with incident light intensity (P 0 ), with a responsivity of (0.15 ⁇ 0.07) A/W.
  • V OC increases and FF decreases with increasing P 0 .
  • J SC (4.2 ⁇ 0.1) mA/cm 2
  • R S may affect the J-V characteristics at high intensities
  • FIG. 8 shows absorption spectra of CuPc:C 60 films with various mixture ratios, deposited on ITO.
  • concentrations of CuPc in mixed films are (a) 100% (CuPc single layer), (b) 62%, (c) 40%, (d) 33% and (e) 21%.
  • the pure CuPc film has two peaks centered at wavelengths of 620 nm and 695 nm.
  • the longer wavelength peak is due to molecular Frenkel exciton generation, whereas the shorter wavelength feature is attributed to the formation of CuPc aggregates.
  • the longer wavelength peak is dominant in the gas phase or dilute solution.
  • FIG. 8 shows that the magnitude of the longer wavelength peak increases with increasing C 60 content.
  • ⁇ p (2.6 ⁇ 0.1) %, see Table 2
  • a concentration of 1:1 there may be sufficient aggregation (albeit not measurable aggregation) of CuPc molecules, and/or the formation of CuPc “strings” or percolation paths, to allow for low resistance hole transport.
  • the much higher symmetry C 60 molecules may also form a percolation path for efficient electron transport to the cathode.
  • a ratio of 1.2:1 (by weight) CuPc/C 60 is most preferred, although other concentrations may be used.
  • FIG. 9 shows normalized photocurrent—voltage characteristics under various light intensities for the devices described with respect to FIG. 6 .
  • the current densities are normalized by subtracting the dark current, and then dividing the AM1.5G light intensity.
  • FIG. 9 also shows proposed photovoltaic processes for both bilayer and mixed layer devices.
  • a bilayer device 910 photogenerated excitons migrate to a D-A interface (1), where they separate into charge carriers in the built-in depletion region (2), followed by sweep out through the neutral region by diffusion assisted by the carrier concentration gradient (3).
  • a mixed layer device 920 excitons are separated immediately into charge carriers at the D-A couple (4). The charge carriers then proceed towards the electrodes by drift under the built-in electric field (5), with some undergoing loss due to recombination (6).
  • the mixed device shows a large electric field dependence in the J-V characteristics (see FIG. 9 ), resulting in a smaller FF, and hence a smaller power conversion efficiency than the bilayer device.
  • Electron-hole recombination may be more likely in a mixed layer device since charge separation away from the exciton dissociation site is made difficult by the high resistance of the mixed layer.
  • the J-V characteristics under different irradiation intensities in FIG. 9 show that the normalized photocurrent is not significantly reduced, even at high intensity (and hence higher carrier concentrations), suggesting that bimolecular recombination of photogenerated carriers is not significant in the mixed layer.
  • carrier generation occurs across the entire mixed layer, the carrier concentration gradient is very small, suggesting that the diffusion component to the total current is also small.
  • the current within the mixed layer is primarily driven by drift and may be strongly affected by an applied electric field (see FIG. 9 , device 910 ).
  • Another hybrid photovoltaic cell was fabricated, having the structure: indium-tin-oxide/150 ⁇ CuPc/100 ⁇ CUPC:C 60 (1:1 by weight)/350 ⁇ C 60 /100 ⁇ bathocuproine/1000 ⁇ Ag.
  • This photovoltaic cell exhibited a maximum power conversion efficiency of (5.0 ⁇ 0.2)% under 1 to 4 suns of simulated AM1.5G solar illumination.
  • Organic hybrid HJ PV cells were fabricated on glass substrates precoated with a ⁇ 1500 ⁇ thick transparent, conducting ITO anode with a sheet resistance of 15 ⁇ /sq, obtained from Applied Film Corp, Boulder, Colo., 80301.
  • the substrates were cleaned in solvent as described in Burrows et al., J. Appl. Phys. 79, 7991 (1996).
  • the substrate were then treated by UV-ozone for 5 minutes, as described in Xue et al., J. Appl. Phys. 95, 1869 (2004).
  • the organic layers and a metal cathode were deposited via thermal evaporation in a high vacuum chamber with a base pressure ⁇ 2 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 Torr.
  • a CuPc layer was deposited on the ITO anode, followed by a co-deposited, homogenously mixed layer of CuPc:C 60 (1:1 by weight), followed by a C 60 layer.
  • Various devices were fabricated, having different thicknesses of the organic layers.
  • the CuPc layer thickness was varied between d D ⁇ 50-200 ⁇ .
  • the co-deposited, homogenously mixed layer of CUPC:C 60 (1:1 by weight) thickness was varied between d m ⁇ 0-300 ⁇ .
  • the C 60 layer thickness was varied between d A ⁇ 250-400 ⁇ . After the C 60 was deposited, a 100 ⁇ thick exciton-blocking layer of BCP was deposited.
  • a 1000 ⁇ thick Ag cathode was evaporated through a shadow mask with 1 mm diameter openings.
  • the devices appear as illustrated in device 1010 , i.e., the devices are similar to those of FIG. 3 , where third organic layer 310 is CuPc, first organic layer 306 is a mixture of CuPc and C 60 , second organic layer 308 is C 60 , and fourth organic layer 314 is BCP.
  • the forward-bias characteristics can be fit using the modified diode equation
  • J J s ⁇ ⁇ exp ⁇ [ q ⁇ ( V - JR S ) nkT ] - 1 ⁇ , ( 1 )
  • J s is the reverse-bias saturation current density
  • n the ideality factor
  • R S the series resistance
  • q the electron charge
  • k the Boltzmann's constant
  • n and J s for cells with a mixed layer can be attributed to the decrease in the recombination current in the depletion region of these cells.
  • the diffusion-emission current is negligible; therefore, the dark current is dominated by the recombination current in the depletion region, which includes the entire mixed layer and part of the unmixed photoactive layers in contact with the mixed layer, leading to n ⁇ 2.
  • J s for the recombination current can be expressed as:
  • n i is the intrinsic electron/hole concentration
  • W′ is the effective depletion width
  • N t is the total density of recombination centers
  • ⁇ is the electron/hole capture cross section
  • v th is the carrier thermal velocity.
  • d D 200 ⁇ d m /2
  • d A 400 ⁇ d m /2.
  • J Ph increases with d m for d m ⁇ 200 ⁇ , while remaining nearly constant as d m is further increased to 300 ⁇ .
  • J Ph increases significantly, more for cells with a thicker mixed layer.
  • the planar HJ cell For the planar HJ cell, this may be attributed to field-assisted exciton dissociation away from the D-A interface.
  • the significant increase in J Ph may be attributed to an increased charge collection efficiency ( ⁇ CC , or fraction of photogenerated charge being collected at the electrodes) due to an increased electric field in the mixed layer, which is directly related to the poor transport property of the mixed layer.
  • ⁇ CC 1
  • the model prediction is in reasonable agreement with the experimental data at ⁇ 1 V.
  • the discrepancy at d m ⁇ 150 ⁇ may be attributed to the field-assisted exciton dissociation in the mixed layers, which is not taken into consideration in model used to generate line 1210 .
  • L is a characteristic length for carrier transport.
  • the characteristic charge transport length L can be considered as the average distance an electron or a hole travels in the mixed layer under an electric field before being recombined.
  • the absorption efficiency ⁇ A 1 ⁇ R, where R is the reflectance of light incident through the glass substrate with a Ag cathode on top of the organic layers (see structure 1410 ).
  • the slight difference in the absorption spectra for these two devices can be attributed to the different material density profile and the interference-induced non-uniform distribution of the optical field intensity across the thickness of the organic layers, in addition to the different aggregation states of CuPc in the MCL and PCL.
  • FIG. 14 Also shown in FIG. 14 are the external quantum efficiencies, ⁇ ext , at 0 V for a planar HJ (solid line) and a hybrid HJ (dashed line).
  • the hybrid HJ cell has a much higher ⁇ ext in the spectral region between 550 nm and 750 nm, corresponding to CuPc absorption, whereas in the C 60 absorption region (380 nm to 530 nm), ⁇ ext is slightly lower in the hybrid HJ cell as a result of a slightly lower ⁇ A .
  • FIG. 15 shows the illumination intensity dependences of ⁇ p , FF, and V OC for a hybrid HJ cell (open circles) with the structure of ITO/CuPc(150 ⁇ )/CuPc:C 60 (100 ⁇ , 1:1 by weight)/C 60 (350 ⁇ )/BCP(100 ⁇ )/Ag(1000 ⁇ ). Also shown are previously reported results for a planar HJ cell from Xue et al., Appl. Phys Lett. 84, 3013 (2004) (filled squares) and the hybrid HJ cell of FIG. 6 (filled triangles). All three cells show a linear dependence of J SC on P O over the entire range of P O used in the experiments.
  • the planar HJ cell has a high FF ⁇ 0.6 as a result of the low R S and good transport property of the unmixed layers.
  • the hybrid HJ cell shows FF ⁇ 0.6 at P O ⁇ 1 sun and only slightly reduced to 0.53 at an intense illumination of ⁇ 10 suns, indicating the much improved charge transport property.
  • ⁇ p (5.0 ⁇ 0.2)% at 120 mW/cm 2 ⁇ P O ⁇ 380 mW/cm 2
  • Decreasing the illumination intensity below 1 sun leads to a decrease in ⁇ p due to the reduction in V OC .
  • Increasing the intensity above 4 suns also causes a slight reduction in ⁇ p as a result of the reduced FF.
  • Such interplay between the dependences of V OC and FF on P O leads to a maximum of ⁇ p at an illumination intensity that can be tuned between a fraction of a sun and a few suns by varying the mixed layer thickness.
  • the FF decreases more significantly with P O , leading to ⁇ p peaking at lower intensities.

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